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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: MKay on January 30, 2013, 05:09:08 pm

Title: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: MKay on January 30, 2013, 05:09:08 pm

 :wave:

Hello everyone,

My name is Michael.

7years ago I moved to an 8acre croft in Caithness with three ponies and two great danes

Now we also have Dexter cattle, Jacob sheep and Large black pigs. Along with an assortment of rare breed chickens and some call ducks.

Last year we took on the let of an old abandoned farm next door, we are still only smallholders in every sense except acreage and intend to stay that way. the farm land is mostly rough grazing and very poorly fenced so we have our work cut out for us trying to get tups to stay where we put them!

Besides fence improvments our plans this year include the purchace of a Large Black boar and a Jersey cow.

Bye for now. :pig: :cat: :chook: :cow: :dog: :horse: :sheep: :&>

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Bionic on January 30, 2013, 05:16:13 pm

Hi Michael and welcome to the forum  :wave:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: goosepimple on January 30, 2013, 06:54:56 pm

Welcome Michael, you sound like you're accidentally doing it which fit's here perfectly.  Look forward to reading all your comments.  Stay warm.  :wave:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Mammyshaz on January 30, 2013, 07:53:41 pm

Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave: just a couple of allotments with hens fruitvand veg. A house cat ( until he is neutered  ;D ) a terrier and a german shepherd who's best friend is a Great Dane  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 30, 2013, 09:21:47 pm

 :wave:   Hi Michael and welcome from sunny Shropshire.  I used to keep a pair of call ducks called Sam and Ella (you have to say it fairly quickly to ge tthe joke).  They're such pretty ducks.

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: sabrina on January 30, 2013, 11:44:52 pm

Hi and welcome from Aberdeenshire  :wave:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: fiestyredhead331 on January 31, 2013, 07:43:07 pm

howdy neighbour, hello from Sutherland  :wave:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Rosemary on January 31, 2013, 08:20:48 pm

Hi Michael and welcome to TAS  :wave:

We're in Carnoustie and have about 80+ hens, mostly hybrid layers, Coloured Ryeland sheep and Shetland cattle plus a veggie garden and an orchard. And huge puddles  :gloomy:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: ppd on February 02, 2013, 03:54:48 pm

 :wave: Hi from another 'nieghbour' in Sutherland
We also have Jacobs sheep various pigs and a couple of lovely call ducks (they are hilarious :&> ) and ponies along with various other ducks, geese, hens, cats and dogs
Look forward to hearing what you are up to :thumbsup:
Pauline

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: darkbrowneggs on February 02, 2013, 04:24:44 pm

Hi from Worcestershire   :wave:  I currently have a Black Great Dane, and used to keep Jersey house cows.  You will have lots of fun there I am sure  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Birdie Wife on February 14, 2013, 08:11:34 pm

Hiya  :wave:  I'm in Golspie but I'm working in Caithness this year, organising free bird surveys for farmers and crofters with the Caithness Wetlands and Wildlife Initiative. PM me if you're interested  ;)
 
I have a working cocker and a poodle, and rather too many chooks  :innocent:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: ppd on February 14, 2013, 08:30:46 pm

 :wave: Birdie Wife
You must be one of the nearest TASers to me, so a big hello
We have 3 'working cockers' but in the loosest sense lol
Pauline
 

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Birdie Wife on February 26, 2013, 06:11:12 pm

Quote from: ppd on February 14, 2013, 08:30:46 pm

:wave: Birdie Wife
You must be one of the nearest TASers to me, so a big hello
We have 3 'working cockers' but in the loosest sense lol
Pauline

Indeed, not far at all as the Hoodie crow flies  ;D  yeah, my cocker's mad as a box of frogs too :love:

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: fiestyredhead331 on February 26, 2013, 09:09:27 pm

what kind of birds?.....will be 5 less hoodies shortly if the don't leave my eggs alone and the sit long enough for me to shoot them!!!

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: MKay on February 28, 2013, 04:10:11 pm

Hi again,

-PPD, do you have the Saddlebacks on the steep hillside on the right if we were heading south?

-Birdiewifey, are you doing the surveys in an "anti-turbine" theology or are they for some other purpose?

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: Drummournie on February 28, 2013, 07:58:48 pm

Hi from Inverness ! We have 10 acres on a hill at Cawdor, 2 donkeys and 3 chickens!

Title: Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
Post by: ppd on March 01, 2013, 08:36:49 pm

 :wave: MKay
Not really sure where you are in caithness, but you would not see our pigs in passing - we are up a dead end road :thumbsup: but do have saddle backs!
Birdie Wife ...... then we have 3 boxes of mad frogs, but life is never dull with a cocker (or 3) around :innocent:
Pauline